https://perspectives.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2556973Coordinator's Column The SIG 18 Coordinating Committee members have been busy developing courses for ASHA and articles for our final publication for 2016. I want to acknowledge the effort of our editor, Michelle Boisvert, and associate editor, Nerissa Hall, who have labored diligently for three years, in addition to their jobs ...2016-09-22T00:00:00Coordinator's ColumnLyn Covert

The SIG 18 Coordinating Committee members have been busy developing courses for ASHA and articles for our final publication for 2016. I want to acknowledge the effort of our editor, Michelle Boisvert, and associate editor, Nerissa Hall, who have labored diligently for three years, in addition to their jobs and family obligations, to bring you high quality issues of Perspective with relevant and timely information on a full range of issues regarding Telepractice. They will be rotating off the Coordinating Committee at the end of 2016. I sincerely applaud the work they accomplished on behalf of SIG 18.

In Part 2, Kristina Blaiser describes a study and discussion on providing a framework for early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Rebecca Sutherland and colleagues review a recent study on barriers to telepractice for standardized language assessments. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists continue to find ways to use telecommunication technology and overcome barriers to providing services using this technology.